A growing trend of oil and gas industry visitors is sparking increased tourism offerings in Belmont County, Ohio, according to local officials. The Herald-Star recently reported that an energy industry expo at the Ohio Valley Mall in April was a “chance to popularize tourism sites in the county,” and that the area expects even more
Read More...Grand Rapids, Mich. — Plastics pollution is not a new problem. But with an emerging middle class around the world, it’s a growing problem. Plastics recyclers have been dealing with the issue for decades, said Rick Wagner, global sustainability manager at Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP. “What’s really happened is the wheels have come off
Read More...Last month, attendees from across the additive manufacturing community gathered at Cobo Center in Detroit to hear from experts on the latest insights and innovation within the 3D printing field. Among the varying topics discussed, skeptics about the rise and legitimacy of 3D printing saw their doubts dispelled and learned about practical applications within industrial
Read More...President Trump is pushing members of his administration to work with state regulators in Appalachia–Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania–to “build the country’s first natural gas and petrochemical hub” outside of the Gulf Coast. According to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, such a plan is in the the country’s national security interests. Members of the Trump team
Read More...click map for larger version In February MDN brought you the news that construction had begun on a relatively small pipeline project, the Risberg Line, a 60-mile pipeline with half of that an existing in-the-ground pipeline that runs from Crawford County, PA to Erie County, PA, and from there across the border into Ashtabula County,
Read More...A grandmother concerned that if Range Resources were to build a well pad three-fourths of a mile from her granddaughter’s school (in Washington County, PA) instead of building it a full mile from the school, tried to gain legal standing to challenge a permit granted to Range by Mount Pleasant Township. Grandma says her granddaughter
Read More...Something is not going well at Elba Island in Georgia. Kinder Morgan has left a string of broken promises about the date for which the first Elba Island LNG export plant “mini-train” will begin producing and shipping LNG. We’ve chronicled the journey extensively. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...PA State Sen. Andy Dinniman Pennsylvania Senator Andy Dinniman, leftist Democrat from Chester County (near Philadelphia), continues his mission to try and block all three Mariner East pipelines from achieving or continuing service, flowing natural gas liquids to Marcus Hook. His latest attempt is “pipeline safety” Senate Bill (SB) 677, a bill requiring an all
Read More...When many industries globalized in the 1980s, the American makers of eyeglasses got pummeled from two directions: The Italians were better at fashion, and the Chinese could copy just about any design and produce it cheaper than anybody. Hallowed names like Bausch & Lomb, American Optical and ArtCraft all hit the skids in the years
Read More...Washington — R&M International Sales Corp., a trader of recycled plastics based in Fort Washington, Pa., has won a President’s “E” Award for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross presented R&M officials with the award at a ceremony in Washington. Ross honored a select group
Read More...Dutch biotechnology company Avantium NV has unveiled a series of plans to commercialize its YXY technology to produce 100 percent renewable and fully recyclable polyethylene furanoate (PEF) polymers. During a “technology and markets day” event June, 6 the Amsterdam-based company said it had revised its scale-up policy after taking full ownership of the Synvina bioplastics
Read More...Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … The New York Green New Deal is a proposal without a plan; rhetoric wrapped in political promises that have no substance because there is no nothing there. My biggest problem with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Green New Deal proposal to achieve 70 percent renewable energy
Read More...Madison WeaverCabot Oil & GasExternal Affairs Intern, Pittsburgh … … Proved reserves of natural gas and other natural resources grow with technology, a point modern Malthusians such as fractivists never quite seem to grasp. Natural gas reserves can be looked at like a large iceberg: proved reserves consist of natural gas that is known to be
Read More...Crews recently broke ground on a new energy-efficient, gas-fired power plant at the Long Ridge Energy Terminal in Monroe County, Ohio, according to WTOV9. The Long Ridge Energy Generation Project has been in the works for a few years, and the 25 acres will soon be home to a new gas-fired plant. The plant will
Read More...The Bureau of Investigation & Enforcement, a division of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, is continuing to investigate a pipeline explosion that occurred in Clarion County on May 28, according to the Farm and Dairy. The explosion damaged a home and a greenhouse along Pipe Run Road in Mayport and sent one person to the
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